Ushiro Ukemi per Shinken Shobu

Ukemi, or "receiving the throw/attack," is the art of knowing how to land or fall and recover correctly from a martial arts technique with minimal impact. Furthermore, a martial arts practitioner is said to 'receive ukemi' when they are the recipient of an attack, even if they do not fall. Within a jujitsu, judo or aikido context, ukemi often refers to falling and getting up again in a fighting stance. Ukemi is most useful when being thrown or after powerful atemi but is also valid as an exercise in itself. Many classes begin with ukemi training as it conditions the body and mind. Ukemi, after all, literally means "receiving body" in Japanese, and it is in this spirit that a martial artist should begin training. This work is copyrighted. ... This work is copyrighted. ... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ... Jujutsu (also jujitsu, ju jitsu, ju jutsu, or jiu jitsu; from the Japanese 柔術 jūjutsu gentle/yielding/compliant Art) is a Japanese martial art. ... Judo (Japanese: 柔道 JÅ«dō; literally gentle way) is a martial art, a sport and a philosophy which originated in Japan. ... Aikido (合気道 Aikidō, also 合氣道 using an older style of kanji), literally meaning harmony energy way, or with some poetic license, way of the harmonious spirit, is a gendai budo — a modern Japanese martial art. ... In Japanese hand-to-hand combat and martial arts, atemi designate blows and hits, by opposition to twistings, strangleholds, holding technique and throws. ...

There are various forms of ukemi:

• Mae ukemi - a forward roll. There are subtleties in the different types of forward roll but the principle is that when being thrown forwards the uke (attacker) is able to roll out of danger in preference to sustaining an injury.
• Ushiro ukemi - a backwards roll.
• Yoko ukemi - a sideways fall accompanied by hard tatami slap.

An essential component of ukemi is awareness; knowing what is going on around you and your partner whilst on the dojo (training hall) tatami (mats). Furthermore, the uke (attackee, person being thrown) is able, with experience, to anticipate what the nage or shite (the thrower) is going to do. This allows the uke to respond accordingly so as to prevent injury. Truly graceful ukemi derives from serious training and an often syncretic balance between partners. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Tatami mats (畳) (originally meant folded and piled) are a traditional Japanese flooring. ...

There is something of a paradox in the relationship between uke (attackee) and shite (or tori, or nage, the technique practitioner/attacker); one must attack with vigour and commitment but then immediately must prepare him/herself to receive whatever technique is chosen by shite. It is this complex dynamic which makes ukemi such an important part of martial arts.

An ukemi move is also available in the Viewtiful Joe video game, which allows the player to minimise damage taken, using diligent timing when thrown back by an enemy's attack. Viewtiful Joe is a video game developed by Capcoms Capcom Production Studio 4 design team Team Viewtiful. The other games in the series have been made by Clover Studio including the PS2 port of the first game. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ...